Penelope Shuttle

Kelpy (from Lyonesse)

nettles of the neighborhood
sank down
rain was strewn about for miles
the storm lasted seven days
and seven nights
flinging down matted maps
of the sodden heavens
it smelt
rocky and kelpy
its kraken roar rattled Lyonesse
like Rodin sorting through
his Drawer of Legs and Hands —
then
Zut!
away went the storm to wherever storms go
for a change of scene
flinging back its bushy cloud hair
its cheveux touffus
leaving that ole home town
no better no worse
than a wishing well of meteorological data